# Accident 20160727011619A: Cessna 150L, Williamsburg, VA, July 27, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2016, 15:23 local time
- Place: Williamsburg, VA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2394° N, 76.7164° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2394&lon=-76.7164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18228, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18228-2017-02-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 25 total, 25 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA396](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA396) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160727011619A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

THE PILOT WAS TOUCHING DOWN FOR THE LAST LANDING OF HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT. AFTER TOUCH DOWN A DEER RAN ONTO THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT HAD ALREADY BEGAN APPLYING BRAKES IN PREPARATION OF TAXIING OFF THE RUNWAY. WHEN THE DEER STOPPED IN FRONT OF HIM HE DECIDED TO GO AROUND. UPON APPLYING FULL POWER AND LIFTING BACK OFF HE MADE AN ABRUPT RIGHT TURN AWAY FROM THE DEER AND THE RUNWAY (APPROXIMATELY 80 DEGREES HEADING CHANGE). THE PILOT MADE HIS CLIMB OUT IN THIS DIRECTION BARELY CLEARING A LINE OF TREES. FOLLOWING THOSE TREES WAS A CREEK AND INCREASING TERRAIN LINED WITH TREES. THE PILOT BELIEVED HE WOULD NOT CLEAR THE NEXT LINE OF TREES AND OPTED TO MAKE A STEEP BANKING DESCENT TO ALIGN WITH AND LAND IN THE CREEK.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA16CA396](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA396), Jul 27, 2016: Cessna 150 (N18228), Williamsburg, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: An evasive maneuver during the landing flare to avoid deer on the runway, which resulted in a collision with trees and terrain during a go-around. Contributing to the accident was the lack of an…

## Other reports on N18228 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19780519034149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780519034149I), May 19, 1978: Cessna 150L (N18228), Charlottesville, VA. Student lost directional control and struck boundary light.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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